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Metabaltoceras fusiforme

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Baltoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metabaltoceras fusiforme was named by Flower (1964). It is not extant. Its type specimen is RHF 272, a shell. Its type locality is Erratic boulder (Ft. Cassin ls.) between Beekmantown and West Chazy, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Fort Cassin Formation of New York. It is the type species of Metabaltoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Metabaltoceras fusiforme Flower p. 109 figs. 1-6 Pl.19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyBaltoceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusMetabaltoceras
speciesfusiforme

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Metabaltoceras fusiforme Flower 1964
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Diagnosis
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